diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/github/hoangqt/GitHub.java b/app/src/main/java/com/github/hoangqt/GitHub.java
index de5a6e7..1285f28 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/github/hoangqt/GitHub.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/github/hoangqt/GitHub.java
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 import static io.restassured.RestAssured.given;
 
 import io.restassured.RestAssured;
+import io.restassured.config.HttpClientConfig;
+import io.restassured.config.RestAssuredConfig;
 import io.restassured.response.Response;
 
 public class GitHub {
@@ -100,4 +102,26 @@ public Response updateIssue(String repo, String body, String issueNumber) {
         .when()
         .patch("/repos/{owner}/{repo}/issues/{issueNumber}");
   }
+
+  /**
+   * Sends a GET request to retrieve repositories from a GitHub repository with a customized timeout
+   * configuration.
+   *
+   * @param repo the name of the repository from which to fetch issues
+   * @return the response containing the issues or an error if the request fails
+   */
+  public Response getSlowRequest(String repo) {
+    return given()
+        .config(
+            RestAssuredConfig.config()
+                .httpClient(
+                    HttpClientConfig.httpClientConfig()
+                        // Apache HttpClient settings in milliseconds
+                        .setParam("http.connection.timeout", 5000)
+                        .setParam("http.socket.timeout", 5000)))
+        .pathParam("owner", this.owner)
+        .pathParam("repo", repo)
+        .when()
+        .get("/repos/{owner}/{repo}");
+  }
 }
diff --git a/app/src/test/java/com/github/hoangqt/GitHubApiTest.java b/app/src/test/java/com/github/hoangqt/GitHubApiTest.java
index 9634ff0..50175d1 100644
--- a/app/src/test/java/com/github/hoangqt/GitHubApiTest.java
+++ b/app/src/test/java/com/github/hoangqt/GitHubApiTest.java
@@ -140,6 +140,14 @@ public void testUpdateIssue() {
     assertThat(json.getString("labels")).containsAnyOf("bug", "invalid");
   }
 
+  /** Example of a timeout configuration workaround to missing request cancellation feature. */
+  @Test
+  public void testSlowRequest() {
+    var json = github.getSlowRequest(TEST_REPO).then().statusCode(200).extract().jsonPath();
+    assertThat(json.getString("name")).isEqualTo(TEST_REPO);
+    assertThat(json.getString("owner.login")).isEqualTo(TEST_OWNER);
+  }
+
   @Test
   public void testGetCommits() {
     var json =